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Conservative Party manifesto 2019 – From the NHS to Brexit, Tory policies explained
THE Conservatives were the last to reveal their manifesto with the December General Election fast approaching.
Here's everything you need to know about the Tories' plans.
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Boris' blueprint for Britain
Boris Johnson revealed the Conservative's election manifesto on November 15.
The PM hailed new promises to end austerity with a spending spree for hard-working families.
He was greeted with enthusiastic chants of "Boris, Boris!" as he laid out the full raft of policies he will implement to help Britain's army of workers if he wins the December 12 election.
The manifesto sets out how the Tories will end austerity after years of tightening the purse-strings to get the economy back on track.
What have the Conservatives announced in their manifesto?
The PM vowed to freeze income tax, VAT and NI for the next five years - and will cut National Insurance for those earning the least.
He told an audience in Telford he would "focus our tax cuts on people who need them most".
Boris' bold offer to the British public contains promises to crack down on law and order, control immigration and deliver Brexit before Christmas so the country can finally move on.
The PM offered the first Tory manifesto with a spending round designed to end austerity after years of tightening the purse-strings to get the economy back on track.
And his flagship reveal was for 50,000 new nurses and 50million more GP appointments so Brits don't have to wait weeks to see a doctor.
TORY MANIFESTO PLEDGES
COST OF LIVING
A £1bn fund for flexible childcare - available after school and outside of term time.
TRIPLE TAX LOCK
A freeze on the rates of income tax, National Insurance or VAT.
NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS
A pledge to increase the National Insurance threshold to £9,500 next year - representing a tax cut of around £100 for 31million workers.
PENSION
Protecting OAP perks by guaranteeing the pensions triple lock, winter fuel payments and bus passes.
As a result, the full new state pension will be at least £1,000 a year higher in cash terms at the end of the parliament than at the beginning.
ENERGY
Pledge to invest £6.3bn to improve the energy efficiency of 2.2m disadvantaged homes, reducing their energy bills by as much as £750 a year.
NHS
Hospital car parking pledge – making it mandatory for hospitals to provide free hospital car parking to protected groups.
BACKING BUSINESS
Right to Retrain and a £3 bn National Skills Fund
ENVIRONMENT
Banning Plastic Waste Exports to non-OECD countries
INFRASTRUCTURE
Promise to spend £2 bn on the biggest ever pothole-filling programme, as part of a National Infrastructure Strategy.
POLICE
Recruit more than 20,000 more police officers to tackle serious violence and a tough new approach to knife crime, immediately arresting offenders, charging them within 24 hours and getting them into court within a week.
EDUCATION
Plunge £14bn into schools – meaning at least £5,000 for each secondary school pupil and at least £4,000 for each primary school pupil
What else has the PM promised?
Other new promises Boris is revealing, including a fully-costed plan to pay for them, include:
- A tax triple lock to freeze rates of income tax, National Insurance and VAT for the next five years. This builds on the PM’s announcement to raise the National Insurance threshold, saving 31million people £100 next year.
- Cutting fuel bills by spending £6.3billion on insulation and energy efficient measures for 2.2million families in social housing.
- Keeping the energy price cap to protect struggling families from sudden rises in heating bills.
- Protecting OAP perks by guaranteeing the pensions triple lock, winter fuel payments and bus passes.
- Bringing back NHS bursaries for nurses
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